Tuesday 31st March 2026

Opinion

I was wrong. Oxford needs a ‘reading’ week.

In passing, friends often bemoan how their partners at other universities get a week off, mid-term, to, in essence, prat around. The deified ‘reading week’. I have always held...

The Schwarzman Centre is a commercial venture, not a place of learning

Schwarzman's donation was meant to revitalise study of the humanities. But with cramped libraries and cramped faculties, it's closer to a death knell.

CalSoc misses the ‘Reel’ point

During my first week in Oxford, I stumbled upon a Scottish third year in...

‘Studentification’ is hollowing out Oxford

When redevelopment becomes synonymous with displacement, we must ask what kind of city is being constructed alongside the University.

‘Coming Out’

Henry Carr explains why he went red for Oxford

In Defence of Religion

Is bad-mouthing religion an infringement of liberty?

Nakba Day

Remembering Palestinian history

Now that’s what I call an essay crisis

I thought writing essays for a pay-per-order website would plug my career gap. I was wrong

It’s time to bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles

Oxford is too cliquey. Let's break down some barriers.

The results of the election are in, so why are we still waiting for the verdict on fees?

We need to know the parties' higher education policies to make an informed choice

5 Minute Tute: Human Evolution

Prof Peter Mitchell explains the wonders of our ancestry

A Lot to Bragg About

When it comes to talking to Melvyn Bragg, Joseph King isn't sure who's doing the interviewing

The Wrongs of Politics and Our Right to Vote

Daily Mail former political editor David Seymour talks to Joseph King about his book Why Vote?

Forget the red top. Next Thursday, we’re going yellow

Dr Steve Goddard is the clear choice for Oxford East

Everybody’s at it and nobody’s judging. Try something new today

Without wanting to sound too like the opening of an underprepared essay, what does it mean to be 'gay'? We're not going to get...

Totally Major

Theo Merz meets John Major. Also known as the one before Blair, but after Thatcher.

‘We are all slaves to carbon’

Intellectual leaders are needed to set an example of restraint

Cameron’s great mistake

If the first rule of a political campaign is ‘never give a sucker an even break', David Cameron has clearly failed to abide by...

I’m no femme fatale

Lose the stereotypes and let's have a proper argument says Izzy Boggild-Jones

The road ahead for Sri Lanka’s president

Electoral success for the Tiger-slayer, but what next?

Religion, condoms, and bears

Henry Carr weighs up the Catholic Church and Revolution Islam

The 80s are back

Unions are the reactionary force controlling the Labour Party

Not so hung up on Dave

Cameron's attack on PR makes him either a fear-mongering hypocrite or an idiot. We shouldn't be swayed from electoral reform.

Arms and ‘The Man’

Make your money how you like, but don't tell us weapons are socially responsible

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